Der schwarze Sergeant
Western Krimi Drama
Rutledge ist Sergeant in einer afroamerikanischen Einheit der US-Kavallerie. Als er verdächtigt wird seinen vorgesetzten Colonel getötet und dessen Tochter vergewaltigt und erwürgt zu haben, flieht er, wird aber kurz darauf wieder festgenommen. Vor Gericht gestellt beteuert er seine Unschuld, doch außer seinem Verteidiger glaubt ihm keiner. Mühsam wird der Fall aufgerollt und gemeinsam versucht man die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen...
Director John Ford
Trailer
Cast
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor